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New Orleans railroad safety campaign results in 328 traffic tickets
(The following story by Craig Malveaux appeared on the Times-Picayune website on May 18, 2010.) NEW ORLEANS — Residents driving across railroad tracks around the metro New Orleans area might have been a little bit safer Tuesday, as railroad officials teamed with law...
Top Amtrak official to speak to Maine rail group
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 18, 2010.) PORTLAND, Maine ― A top Amtrak official is speaking in Maine at the 22nd annual meeting of the Trainriders/Northeast rail advocacy group. Amtrak Vice President Joseph McHugh will be the keynote speaker...
Gov. Christie to New York-area port authority: Build barge-to-rail facility
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on May 18, 2010.) Yesterday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie called on the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to divert about 1,000 trash trucks per day from state roads by building a barge-to-rail...
Va. Supreme Court will hear Elliston intermodal case
(The following story by Jeff Sturgeon appeared on The Roanoke Times website on May 19, 2010.) ROANOKE, Val. — The Virginia Supreme Court has taken up Montgomery County's case against a planned rail yard in Elliston. In a posting on its Web site this morning, the court...
KDOT study presents 4 options for expansion of rail service
(The following story by Cory Smith appeared on the Lawrence Journal-World website on May 19, 2010.) LAWRENCE, Kan. — The Kansas Department of Transportation and Amtrak officials held an open house Tuesday to discuss four options for expanding passenger rail service....
Obama picks Pistole as TSA chief
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on the = Journal of Commerce website on May 17, 2010. WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Obama, trying for a third time to get someone to run the Transportation Security Administration, announced Monday he will nominate Deputy...
Union Pacific boilermaker wins 2009 Hammond safety award
(Union Pacific issued the following on May 18, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — As an advocate for safety and a champion for change, Willie Sandoval, a boilermaker with Union Pacific Railroad in Fort Worth, Texas, today was named the 2009 winner of the Harold F. Hammond...
Metra gave Pagano generous pay, benefits package, records show
(The following story by Richard Wronski appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on May 19, 2010.) CHICAGO — Longtime Metra chief Phil Pagano was paid more than $1 million this year as a result of taking vacation pay and a one-time payout from a deferred compensation...
Railroad Retirement Board 2010 informational conferences
CLEVELAND, May 14 — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board will hold free informational conferences throughout 2010 for elected officers of all railroad labor unions. The following is a list of informational conferences that have been scheduled thus far for 2010....
In Scotland, 80 year-old locomotive steams to the rescue of stranded flyers
(The following story by Michael MacLeod and Cara Sulieman appeared at www.deadlinescotland.com on May 18, 2010.) IT goes at a top speed of 75mph, takes 11 hours to reach London, and stops for an hour in York. But desperate business travellers turned to a steam train...
Locomotive retired by Staten Island Railway will pull coaches on scenic line in upstate New York
(The following story by Maura Yates appeared at SILive.com on May 18, 2010.) STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. --After decades of hard work pulling work trains, hauling rocks, cleaning rails and lugging passenger cars through heavy snowstorms, the Staten Island Railway's two...
CN announces plan to buy back shares through private agreements
(CN issued the following on May 17, 2010.) MONTREAL — CN announced today that it intends to purchase for cancellation up to three million of its common shares pursuant to private agreements between CN and an arm's-length third-party seller. The purchase(s) will form...
Editorial: Extend monitoring of CN-EJ&E merger
(The following editorial appeared on the Chicago Daily Herald website on May 18, 2010.) CHICAGO — Was it an honest mistake? Or a calculated move to minimize the effect of bringing more freight trains on the EJ&E railroad tracks? The true answer may never be known. But...
Metra urged to step up financial overhaul
(The following story by Marni Pyke appeared on the Chicago Daily Herald website on May 18,2010.) CHICAGO — Metra needs to redouble reform efforts to reassure taxpayers that public money isn't being wasted, some legislators and good-government advocates recommended...
Union Pacific’s forgotten monument
(The following "Q&A" by Autumn Reed appeared on the Casper Star-Tribune website on May 18, 2010.) CASPER, Wyo. — Q: Hey, Answer Girl: There is a pyramid-shaped monument east of Laramie, basically in the middle of nowhere. What is it, and how long has it been there? --...
DOT improving Seattle-Portland Amtrak service
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 18, 2010.) TACOMA, Wash. — The Transportation Department is preparing an environmental assessment of a project to improve a rail line through the Tacoma area for Amtrak and Sounder passenger trains. The $92 million...
Patriot Rail wins bid to restore North Carolina line; Stillwater Central assumes Oklahoma line operation
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on May 17, 2010.) North Carolina and local officials recently selected Patriot Rail Corp. from among five proposals to restore and operate a former Piedmont and Northern Railway line in Gaston County....
Baird report: Export coal, intermodal volumes help railroads beat traffic expectations
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on May 17, 2010.) Domestic freight capacity is tightening, constraining intermodal and truckload capacity, while strong seasonal demand is driving rail volumes, according to Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc.’s...
Missouri allocates $35 million for controversial BNSF project
(The following story by Brad Cooper appeared on The Kansas City Star website on May 18, 2010.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Veiled by the Kansas debate over cutting services or raising taxes was a $35 million gem that lawmakers left for BNSF Railway. As the Legislature passed a...
CSX: Overextended maintenance arm ruptured Amtrak train’s fuel tank
(The following story by Rocco LaDuca appeared on the Observer-Dispatch website on May 17, 2010.) WHITESTOWN, N.Y. — The fuel tank of an Amtrak passenger train was ruptured Sunday afternoon by a mechanical arm that had been extended too far from a nearby CSX rail...
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